User talk:Lavanga

January 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:13, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * "Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material?" I beg to differ.  That's what an editor is supposed to do - it's at the core of creating a good article.  Simply posting previously published material without synthesis would likely be copyright violation. Lavanga didn't reach any conclusions not found in his sources.  Those sources, I would concede, do not meet RS.--Elvey (talk) 18:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Editing under an IP to evade WP:3RR is not a good idea. --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 23:21, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Northeast Philadelphia
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process after the original re-assessor had to drop out. I have found some concerns with the referencing which you can see at Talk:Northeast Philadelphia/GA1. I have placed the article on hold for a further seven days whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:16, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Copyright violation in Mark Painter
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the page Mark Painter, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition was deleted under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:48, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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